Canada’s Self-Employment Landscape
Recently we looked at the present situation for self-employed workers in the USA, and dug into the historic data trends that have brought us to this point. Today we’re following up on that by applying...
View ArticleAmerica’s Self-Employment Landscape
In early 2000s, self-employment was on a rapid ascent in the United States. The number of Americans working on their own — those who consider themselves self-employed, not just freelancers doing side...
View ArticleThe Growing Number of Freelancers in Entertainment
When people were preparing eulogies for the entertainment sector, Techdirt’s Mike Masnick popped out with his bold piece, “The Sky is Rising,” and poked holes in the gloomy forecast. His scrutiny of...
View Article‘In-Demand’ Occupations for the Self-Employed
In the current economic climate, it can be tempting to “go rogue.” Companies are reticent to acquire or keep some workers on, so it seems smart to cut ties and venture out on your own. But is...
View ArticleEMSI Data Update: Four New Categories
For the past year EMSI has been gearing up for a big update and improvement to how we present our labor market data. Up to this point, we’ve made our data available in Analyst (EMSI’s web-based labor...
View ArticleCanada’s Self-Employment Landscape
Recently we looked at the present situation for self-employed workers in the USA, and dug into the historic data trends that have brought us to this point. Today we’re following up on that by applying...
View ArticleAmerica’s Self-Employment Landscape
In early 2000s, self-employment was on a rapid ascent in the United States. The number of Americans working on their own — those who consider themselves self-employed, not just freelancers doing side...
View ArticleEMSI’s New Data: Web Developers More Likely to Work on Their Own Than Other...
INSIDE THE NEW OCCUPATIONS IN ANALYST Last week we introduced the 30 or so new occupations that the Bureau of Labor Statistics now tracks and EMSI provides data for in Analyst and our other tools. This...
View ArticleSelf-Employment Staffs the Vancouver Film Industry
One of the major advantages that EMSI’s labour market data offers is the ability to cross-reference industry and occupation data. With the staffing patterns and inverse staffing patterns tools,...
View ArticleAre Real Estate Jobs Growing? Yes, But Only Among Proprietors
Calculated Risk has a fresh look at the boom and bust of real estate in California, showing the precipitous decline in the number of licensees — particularly among real estate sales agents — since the...
View ArticleThe Rise of Management Consultants
The always-entertaining Freakonomics podcast last week devoted a full episode to the emergence of management consulting firms in the U.S. The podcast got our attention right away when Stephen Dubner...
View ArticleThe Growing Number of Freelancers in Entertainment
When people were preparing eulogies for the entertainment sector, Techdirt’s Mike Masnick popped out with his bold piece, “The Sky is Rising,” and poked holes in the gloomy forecast. His scrutiny of...
View ArticleThe 20 Largest Self-Employed Occupations
There seems to be a lot of entrepreneurial spirit in the air these days. Everyone has a niece who runs her own photography business or a crazy uncle who sells custom bicycle pumps through Amazon. But...
View Article‘In-Demand’ Occupations for the Self-Employed
In the current economic climate, it can be tempting to “go rogue.” Companies are reticent to acquire or keep some workers on, so it seems smart to cut ties and venture out on your own. But is...
View ArticleKotkin: Top Metros for Self-Employment
Our friend Joel Kotkin published some interesting findings on NewGeography and Forbes using our latest dataset on the self-employed. There he cites some of our original research which suggests that...
View ArticleCharacteristics of the Self-Employed
With EMSI’s new data categories, we can now more closely parse data on the major classes of workers in the labor market. This is a significant shift in how we present employment data, and one of the...
View ArticleEMSI Data Update: Four New Categories
For the past year EMSI has been gearing up for a big update and improvement to how we present our labor market data. Up to this point, we’ve made our data available in Analyst (EMSI’s web-based labor...
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